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A white cat will bring good fortune and luck to their pet parents

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Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don't taste sweetness.

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Cats that are spayed or neutered automatically gain weight

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A cat’s sense of balance is in its whiskers.

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Cats are nearsighted, but their peripheral vision and night vision are much better than that of humans.

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Cats are supposed to have 18 toes (five toes on each front paw; four toes on each back paw).

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Cats can jump up to six times their length.

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A cat's heart beats at almost double the rate of a human's.

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A cat's nose print is like a human's fingerprint—entirely unique to the individual.

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Put a cat in the empty cradle of newlyweds, and a baby will arrive soon.

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